About this guide

Audience

This guide provides general information and installation instructions about the ASUS Book size barebone system. This guide is intended for experienced users and integrators with hardware knowledge of personal computers.

How this guide is organized

This guide contains the following parts:

1.Chapter 1: System introduction

This chapter gives a general description of the ASUS Book size barebone system. The chapter lists the system features including introduction on the front and rear panels, and internal components.

2.Chapter 2: Basic installation

This chapter provides step-by-step instructions on how to install components in the system.

3.Chapter 3: Starting up

This chapter helps you power up the system and install drivers and utilities from the support CD.

4.Chapter 4: Motherboard information

This chapter gives information about the motherboard that comes with the system. This chapter includes the motherboard layout, jumper settings, and connector locations.

5.Chapter 5: BIOS setup

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus and describes the BIOS parameters.

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